Aftermath (2)

Ling Qi rubbed his face slightly in an attempt to wash away the heaviness he felt.

"When Wu Shen made the offer, though I appreciated it, I didn't think it would come to that. I thought despite everything else that happened when it came right down to it, our collective safety and well-being would take priority over everything else.

It was from such naive thinking that I thought I could change our sect master's mind so I left my sect and rushed toward the Hua Clan.

I did try to contact Hua Ying as I was heading there but she didn't pick up.."

Ling Qi paused as his gaze fell on the sobbing Xin Zephyr.

"Zephyr called me to tell me that most of the hierarchy of the Xin clan had already left to join up with the leading figures of the Hua Clan to pick some more blood crystals.

We agreed that we would both meet up at the Hua Clan and maybe with Hua Ying's help we could convince our respective leaders to order an immediate evacuation.